Jim Acosta accosted by Trump

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"You're a rude, terrible person." Donald Trump's assault on the media reached a new peak today.

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00:00Honestly, I think you should let me run the country, you run CNN, and if you did it well,

00:05your ratings would be much better.

00:06If I may ask one other question, Mr. President, if I may ask one other question, are you worried

00:10about-

00:11That's enough.

00:12That's enough.

00:13That's enough.

00:14That's enough.

00:15That's enough.

00:16Pardon me, ma'am, I'm-

00:17Excuse me.

00:18Mr. President, on the Russia investigation, are you concerned that you may have-

00:26I'm not concerned about anything with the Russian investigation because it's a hoax.

00:31That's enough.

00:32Put down the mic.

00:33Mr. President, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation?

00:38Mr. President.

00:39I'll tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them.

00:44You are a rude, terrible person.

00:46You shouldn't be working for CNN.

00:48Go ahead.

00:50I think that's unfair.

00:51You're a very rude person.

00:52The way you treat Sarah Huckabee is horrible, and the way you treat other people are horrible.

00:57You shouldn't treat people that way.

00:59Go ahead.

01:00Go ahead.

01:01Peter, go ahead.

01:02In Jim's defense, I've traveled with him and watched him.

01:03He's a diligent reporter who busts his butt like the rest of us.

01:04Well, I'm not a big fan of yours either, so-

01:05I understand.

01:06To be honest.

01:07So let me ask you a question if I can.

01:09You repeatedly say-

01:10You are the best.

01:11When you report fake news, no, when you report fake news, which CNN does a lot, you are the

01:16enemy of the people.

01:17Go ahead.

01:23On the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist.

01:27Some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists.

01:29Now people are also saying-

01:30I don't know why you'd say that.

01:31It's such a racist question.

01:32There are some people that say that now the Republican Party is seen as supporting white

01:36nationalists because of your rhetoric.

01:37Oh, I don't believe that.

01:38I don't believe that.

01:39What do you make of that?

01:40I don't believe it.

01:41I just, well, I don't know.

01:42Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African Americans?

01:44Why do I have among the highest poll numbers with African Americans?

01:47I mean, why do I have my highest poll numbers?

01:50It's such a racist question.

01:58Honestly, I mean, I know you have it written down and you're going to tell me.

02:01Let me tell you, it's a racist question.

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